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Why did Prohibition Fail (Illegal stills (Alcohol was made at home in…
Why did Prohibition Fail
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Corruption
- Bribes meant gangsters controlled the police and agents
- Other illegal businesses like prostitution flourished as the police didn't interfere
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- Corruption extended to the federal government
- The superiors of the gangsters paid a lot of money to the government for protection from prosecution
- The gangs power and activity increased
- Made $2 billion dollars a year
- Rival gangs fought to supply the speakeasies by destroying each others supplies or killing them
- Police were bribed
- Cars and guns helped gangs get their way into the cities
- Crime got involved with the government, businesses and trade unions
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